Patents by Inventor Harel Williams

Harel Williams has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Communication protocol abstraction
    Patent number: 9124647
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for processing data requests received over various communication protocols. In particular, a data transfer component may be configured to process data requests and/or responses between requesting devices and data handlers utilizing various communication protocols (e.g., peer-to-peer communication protocols, web based communication protocols, etc.). In particular, communication protocol functionality may be abstracted away from the data handlers, and may be handled by the data transfer component. In this way, data handlers may be communication protocol agnostic because the data transfer component may perform the communication protocol functionality on behalf of the data handlers, which may allow the data handlers to be more “lightweight” and focus primarily on fetching and/or formatting requested data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Harel Williams, Naizhi Li, Kunal Nayyar, David Steere
  • COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL ABSTRACTION
    Publication number: 20130110971
    Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for processing data requests received over various communication protocols. In particular, a data transfer component may be configured to process data requests and/or responses between requesting devices and data handlers utilizing various communication protocols (e.g., peer-to-peer communication protocols, web based communication protocols, etc.). In particular, communication protocol functionality may be abstracted away from the data handlers, and may be handled by the data transfer component. In this way, data handlers may be communication protocol agnostic because the data transfer component may perform the communication protocol functionality on behalf of the data handlers, which may allow the data handlers to be more “lightweight” and focus primarily on fetching and/or formatting requested data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Harel Williams, Naizhi Li, Kunal Nayyar, David Steere